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J. H. LEE & G. P. VITITOE.

PLANTER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.10, 1908.

Pa'ltented June15, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1908.

924,911. Patented June 15, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HAYS LEE AND CHARLES PARIS VITITOE, OF ROME, INDIANA.

PLANTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN H. LEE and CHARLES P. V ITITOE, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Rome, in the county of Perry andState of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPlanters, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in that class of planters whichare employed. in planting seed in 'parallel rows of hills, and moreparticularly to the means for marking the hills of a completed row sothat the operator will know where to commence the next row. i

It consists in the novel construction, combin-ation and arrangement ofparts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims andillustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, in which similar reference characters designatecorresponding parts, Figure 1. is a side elevation of a planterembodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is adetail sectional view of part of the mechanism for operating the marker.Fig. 4 is a detail view showing a modification of the sectorwheel.

The seed dropping and planting mechanism is of the usual construction,consequently no particular description of the same is required.

On opposite sides of the main frame 1 are adjustably mounted thesupports 2 having j ournaled in their upper ends the transverse shaft 3.On one end of this shaft is journaled the sprocket-wheel 4 engaging thechain 5 leading from the sprocket-wheel 6 fast on the main driving shaftor axle 7. The latter is rotated by the tra ction-whecls 8 on its endsand motion is transmitted through the chain to rotate the wheel 4. Faston the shaft 3 adjacent to the wheel 4 is the ratchetwheel 9. With thelatter engages the spring pressed pawl 10 so that when the machine movesforward the shaft 3 is rotated, but when the machine moves backward. theshaft remains at rest. Fast on the shaft 3 adjacent to thesprocket-wheel 4 is the wheel 11 carrying the trip 12 to engage the dog13 on the shaft 14 of the seed-dropping mechanism. 011 the other end ofthe shaft 3 is the sector-wheel 15 fast thereon. A segment, as at 16, ofthis wheel is cut away to form a cam. On the pe riphery of thesector-wheel rides the roll 17 at the upper end of the marker 18 pivotedto Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 10, 1908.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Serial No. 452,481.

the frame 1. As the sector-wheel rotates, through the rotation of theshaft 3, the roll 17 traveling on its periphery enters the recess 16 andpermits the lower end of the marker to drop and dig the ground. Therecess 16 is so located in the sector-wheel as to register with the roll1.7 at the same time that the trip 12 engages the dog 13 to drop theseed, thereby operating the marker simultaneously with. the dropping ofthe seed. A lever 19 is pivoted to the support 2 and at its inner end isthe roll 20 to engage the upper end of the marker. By raising the upperend of the lever the marker is elevated clear of the ground and is heldfree from the sectorwheel in an inoperative position. By means of therack 21 and the pawl operated by the hand-lever 22 at the outer end ofthe lever 19 the latter can be secured in its adjustments. In itsoperation the marker is released from the lever 19 as the machineapproaches the end of a row to mark a few of the hills to indicate tothe driver where to start the machine on the next row.

In Fig. 4 is shown a modified form of the sector-wheel 15. In thisinstance there are two recesses 16 instead of one as in the firstinstance. This )ermit-s a more rapid operation of the mar (er. There maybe additional recesses to meet different requirements.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is,

1. In a planter, a main frame, supports adjustably mounted on oppositesides of said main frame, a driven shaft j ournaled in said supports, amain driving shaft journaled to said main frame, a sprocket-wheel faston said driving shaft, a sprocket-wheel journaled on said driven shaft,a sprocket-chain connecting said sprocket-wheels, a ratchetwheel fast onsaid driven shaft, a pawl on said sprocket-wheel on the driven shaftengaging said ratchet-wheel, a sector-wheel on said driven shaft, amarker pivoted to said main frame oscillated by said sectorwheel, and alever pivoted to one of said adjustable supports to engage said markerto hold the latter out of contact with said. sector-wheel in an elevatedposition.

2. In a planter, a main frame, supports adjustably mounted on oppositesides of said main frame, a driven shaft ournaled in said supports, amain driving shaft journaled to said main frame, a sprocket-wheel faston said driving shaft, a sprocket-Wheel jourt driven shaft, and a tripon the last mennaled on said driven shaft, a'sproeketehain tionedWheelfor operating the seed-dropping connecting said sprocket-Wheels, aratohetmechanism.

wheel fast on said driven shaft, a pawl on 1 In testimony whereof Wehereunto affiX said sprocket-Wheel on the driven shaft enour signaturesin the presence of two Witgaging said ratchet-Wheel, a sector-Wheel onnesses. said driven shaft, a marker pivoted to said main frameoscillated by said sector-wheel, a lever pi oted to one of saidadjustable supports to engage said marker to hold the latter out ofcontact With said sector-Wheel in an elevated position, a Wheel fast onsaid JOHN HAYS LEE. CHARLES PARIS V ITITOE.

Witnesses:

CI-IARLEs KEToH M, CLAUD AOKARMAN.

